County government · Hardy County, WV

Hardy County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Hardy County took in $9.7 million and spent $4.3 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes54%Fees for services21%State tax money10%Federal tax money9.1%Fines and other4.6%Local tax money0.7%

What stands out

21%

of Hardy County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes54%

Property tax
45%$4.4 million
Other taxes
8.8%$853 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere; other selective sales taxes and 2 more
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$632 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$175 thousand
  • Other licenses$27 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$19 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services21%

Fees for services
21%$2.1 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$2.1 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.1%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
9.1%$884 thousand

State tax money10%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
10%$965 thousand

Local tax money0.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.7%$66 thousand

Fines and other4.6%

Fines
2.4%$231 thousand
Interest, rents and other
2.2%$215 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs43%Police, fire, courts and jails32%Health and hospitals15%Parks, recreation and libraries10%Social services0.5%Environment and natural resources0.2%

What stands out

10%

of Hardy County's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 1%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
43%$1.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$901 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$864 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$86 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
32%$1.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$894 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$473 thousand
Health and hospitals
15%$635 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$635 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
10%$433 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$334 thousand
  • Libraries$99 thousand
Social services
0.5%$23 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$23 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$9 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Hardy County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Hardy County itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.